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Knighted by King Arthur, Sir Lancelot became one of the most legendary figures of the "Round Table". Queen Guinevere was his lady when he swore his vows as a knight. Lancelot continued his knight adventures conquering the castle of the "Pitiful Guard" and he disclosed his origins as "Lancelot du Lac", son of the brave and generous king "Ban Benoic", who had fought loyally at the side of king Arthur and had lost his kingdom, sending his son Lancelot in the company of the "Lady of the lake", to be knighted at the court of king Arthur.His love affair with queen Guinevere led him to fight against all the knights of the Round Table who wanted to save their lord's honor. After defeating one by one, Lancelot admitted his disloyalty to the king, going to a monastery to do penance and pay for his misdeed. Before he died, the Lady of the lake came to help him and they both disappeared forever in the lake, thus honoring his name, "Lancelot du Lac".

Not very much seems to be known about Sir Degore, yet he seems to have been thought important enough to be included amongst the twenty-five Knights listed on the Winchester Round Table. He appears as King Arthur's cup-bearer in the Celtic tale of Culhwch & Olwen.

In King Arthurian legend, Sir Bedivere (also spelt Bedevere) is the Knight of the Round Table who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. Sir Bedivere serves as King Arthur's marshal and is frequently associated with Sir Kay. Sir Lucan is his brother, Sir Griflet is his cousin. Sir Bedivere, along with Sir Kay and Sir Gawain, is one of the earliest characters associated with King Arthur. Sir Bedivere is described as one-handed, yet still an excellent warrior.

In King Arthurian legend, Sir Kay is Sir Ector's son and King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. In later literature Sir Kay is known for his acid tongue and bullying, boorish behavior, but in earlier accounts Sir Kay was one of Arthur's premier warriors. Along with Sir Bedivere, with whom he is frequently associated, Sir Kay is one of the earliest characters associated with King Arthur.

Sir Galahad is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in King Arthurian legend. Sir Galahad is the illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot and Elaine of Carbonek, and is renowned for his gallantry and purity. Sir Galahad is perhaps the knightly embodiment of Jesus in the Arthurian legends. Sir Galahad first appears in the Lancelot Grail cycle, and his story is taken up in later works such as the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.

Sir Bohor (also known as Sir Bors de Ganis and Bohors of Gannes) was the only knight to survive the Quest for the Holy Grail and return to court. Sir Bohor later succeeded his father as King of Gannes. Sir Bohor was the cousin of Sir Lancelot, and he steadfastly supported Lancelot against King Arthur during the conflict between the two. After the death of Lancelot, Bohor returned to the Holy Land where he died fighting in the Crusades.

Sir Gawain was King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table who appears very early in the Arthurian legend's. Sir Gawain is one of a select number of Round Table members to be referred to as the greatest knight, most notably in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Gawain is almost always portrayed as the son of Arthur's sister Morgause (or Anna) and King Lot of Orkney and Lothian, and his brothers are Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth, and Mordred. Sir Gawain is often portrayed as a formidable but brash warrior, fiercely loyal to his king and family.

Sir Tristram de Lyones is one of the main characters of the Tristan and Iseult story, a Cornish hero and one of the Knights of the Round Table featuring in the Matter of Britain. Sir Tristram de Lyones is the son of Blancheflor and Rivalen (in later versions Isabelle and Meliodas), and the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall, sent to fetch Iseult back from Ireland to wed the king. However, he and Iseult accidentally consume a love potion while en route and fall helplessly in love. The pair undergo numerous trials that test their secret affair

Sir Brunor le Noir, (also spelled Breunor) , nicknamed La Cote Male Taile (the badly-shaped coat) by Sir Kay after his arrival in his murdered father's coat at King Arthur's court, is a character mentioned in Arthurian legend. Sir Brunor le Noir received his knighthood after saving Guinevere from an escaped lion.

Sir Hector de Maris is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. Sir Hector de Maris is the half-brother of Lancelot and the natural son of King Ban of Benwick and the Lady de Maris. Sir Bors and Sir Lionel are his cousins. Sir Hector de Maris participates in the Grail Quest, but he is one of the many knights who prove unworthy of achieving the object. When Lancelot is caught in his affair with Guinevere, Sir Hector de Maris stands by his brother and leaves court with him. Sir Hector de Maris becomes one of Lancelot's top generals, participating in the battle to rescue the queen at her execution, and the defense of Joyous Guard. Like all his family, he joins Lancelot in France when they are expelled from Arthur's kingdom, and he helps defeat the army led by Mordred's sons after the Battle of Camlann.

The Miniature Catholic Kings Shield by Marto of Toledo Spain is a reproduction of the shield of the Catholic Kings dating back to the 15th century, during the reign of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabelle of Castile.

Charles V (Carlos V) was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556. On the eve of his death in 1558, his realm, which has been described as one in which the sun never sets, spanned almost 4 million square kilometers.

Our incomparable sword masters from "MARTO" have made this faithful and exclusive licensed reproduction of the Conan the Barbarian Round Buckler Shield into a pendant. Marto has taken their exquisitely designed hand-crafted collection of Conan arms and painstakingly scaled them down to create a beautiful arsenal of world-class miniature collectors pieces.